Biography
October 2003, somewhere in the eastern part of Holland..
The concept of beginning a band starts to develop. Four good friends decide that they have had enough of playing other people's work. More than once they performed together in different bands and it became perfectly clear that there was a mutual 'vibe' going on between them.
Musically as well as personally, despite of the variety in musical influences and big differences in personality, they get along with each other extremely well.
Crossroads Studios in Borculo was booked on a weekly basis to write songs. Very quickly melodies started to develop in rough ideas, as well as in worked out 'endproducts'.
The band gave a local try-out gig on the 23rd of january 2004 and decided, after a lot of positive reactions and constructive criticism, to continue in the course that was set.
The band's style is best described as pop/rock, but groove is essential and here and there mixed with a healthy dose of funk.
The second gig in febuary is a bandcompetition (Slag Om Paaspop) at the same time. The band scores very high, a second place. The jury comments that the songs are build up very well. Also Marjan's melody lines get positive remarks.
After a year filled with a lot of gigs, Elister signs up again for "Slag Om Paaspop" and celebrates victory. This first place results into a place in the line-up for Paaspop 2005 in Zieuwent. (Also featuring Therapy?, Leage of XO Gentlemen, Autumn, Intwine & De Heideroosjes.)
In this period of time, Elister also records a demo at S&K Studio in Doetinchem. This demo is only used for promotional activities at the moment.
The beginning of 2005 is the time where Elister plans a tour with another local band called Dialogue. Goal of this tour is to get both names on the map in the region they both come from.
Under the name of Watch Your Back Tour '05, both bands are busy doing gigs, gigs and some more gigs!
After the tour, Elister will take some time off to increase the number of songs on their repertoire. After having done this, the intention is to record more songs and to release all of the recorded material.
This doesn't mean you can't see Elister live at all of course! We'll keep you posted!
Discography:
Demo 2005 (unreleased)
Site/Contact:
Website:
www.elister.nl
Myspace:
www.myspace.com/elisterband
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